Training: Recovery and Grilled Cheeses

Last week was spent recovering, traveling, and relaxing. While Phoenix Half Marathon was a PR, it is only the beginning of the Spring. I’m hoping to continue to run well. I will have a few cutback weeks throughout the Spring to make sure I don’t make the mistake of last year with burn out.

Monday:

45 minutes easy/short hike through White Tank Mountains

Tuesday;

45 minutes easy

Wednesday:

12×400 averaging 86/Deep Tissue Massage

Thursday:

30 minutes easy

Friday;

Rest

Saturday:

60 minutes easy

Sunday:

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup Run 4 m 24:30 (10 miles total)

Thoughts:

I spent a lot of time relaxing in Phoenix as well as indulging in food after the race. I do think that helped recover faster. I’m definitely not “fully recovered” but I do feel as though I am recovering well.

Workout Wednesday: 12X400s (400 jog recovery)

Averaging 86 seconds and last 400 84 seconds

Lately, I’ve been doing workouts on the roads. First, it’s hard to find an available track. Second, I race on the roads, not on a track. I could go a few seconds faster on the track, but I also enjoy doing workouts on the roads too.

I felt good during the workout and having good weather certainly helped.

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Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup Run: 24:30

I’ve run the race in both 2016 and 2017 and this was my slowest year. The race itself is in a park on a trail. We got a huge storm on Friday that took down a lot of trees but luckily the course was clear. It was windy but no headwind or tailwind. The crosswind just felt as though you were one step away from blowing into the canal. My calve were still sore and recovering from my deep tissue massage and I did not feel the greatest. That being said, I’m happy with my time.